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Chapter 1. Wrestling with The Inner Demons of Contemporary Life: A Brief Overview of Psychoanalytic Thought -- Chapter 2. Crises: A Major Systems Problem -- Chapter 3. Wicked Messes: The Ultimate Challenge to Reality. Chapter 4. Inquiry Systems: How Do We Know What We Need to Know?- Chapter 5....

This book is a critical examination of the main ideas regarding disruptive change and startups. It systematically lays out the full set of challenges and tasks one needs to master in order for existing organizations to weather severe change or make a startup successful. Ian Mitroff outlines the...

People and organizations are perfectly capable of making the most outrageous missteps. But, how does a person, organization, or society know that it is committing an error? And, how can we tell that when others are steering us down wrong paths? Dirty Rotten Strategies delves into how...